Improvement in fly-nets



@glatten 'taire @anni Letters Patent No. 74,664, elated February 18, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLY-NETS.

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To ALI. WHoM IT MAY coNcERN:

Be it known that I, ConNnLIUs K. BURKHoLDnm'of York Springs, in the county of Adams, and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of Fly-Nets ;`v and I do hereby declare that the following is `a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being -had to`the annexed drawing, making part of this specification. Y

My improvement consists in so combining the thongs or lashes of a. ily-net- Ivith their supporting ribs as that each hole in the ribs` may serve,toA hold `two lashes, thereby saving a'great deal of 'time and labor in the construction, while the passage of each lash through the rib will bind the two more tightly than if each lash' were simply passed through its own holes.4 I Y In the drawing, A is the back or centre rihof the net,-extending from-just behind the cars to the eroup of the horse. It may have abuckle or other coupling about the Withers, tts-shown, for convenience in fitting. B C are similar ribs, extending along the sides of the horse.Y Each of the'ribs B has a buckle, or equivalent coupling, about the fore shoulders, and is then extended long the sides of the neck and around the forehead, where another buckle, oi' equivalent device, secures it in place on the animal, or permits its removal. One of the ribs C is as longas B,v andis furnished witha buckle for a billet on the .other rib C, whichA is long enough to pass around the breast of the animal.4 Each of the'ribsA B VC is perforated with as many holes as there are lashes a.

Each of the lashes is laced through -the rib itrst meets so asto pass upwards through it, and then down.' wards through the next hole to the right or left. The lash is then carried tothe next lih, and passedupirards s throiigh the hole that is opposite to the one it left in the -rst rib, andA is then again passed downward, as before, through the next hole, but through that one which is opposite to the 'first h'ole it entered in the first Iib.V 'It is then c arried to another rib, and the same operation is repeated in that. Y Thus'the direction of passage between two holes in the same rib will always be the same on alternate ribs. l I v i In the drawing, the lashes a are indicated by red and blue lines, and Athe mannerjin which two lashes are made to pass through the samehole is thereby clearly shown. The ribA has a portion thatremhraces one hole cut out to allow the adjustment of the harness-saddle. The lashes which would occupy this hole :pass through -thc adjacent ones instead, and then to their proper places in the ribs B. This separation of the rib'A also prevents the straining or deranging of the net when the horse throws' uphis head. An elastic or loose connection may be made between the ends if necessary.I

Having thus'fully described my invention, what Iclaim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I I The ribs, constructed and perforated as shown, and laced, in the manner and for the purpose setforth.

C. KQBURKHOLPJER.

Witnesses:

IsAAc D. WonLnY, SAMUEL S. Hoorsnr. 

